Chapter 539: Solar Tiles
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For Jin Xiaoqiang's request, Matt and Edwards will certainly not refuse, people are increasing their support for them, although there are pros and cons in opening a branch in the Celestial Empire, but the two scientists have never considered that they are doing technology transfer.
You must know that at the beginning of inviting Jin Xiaoqiang to join this project, they explained to Jin Xiaoqiang some important related technologies of this project.
If people are not stupid, as long as they rely on their earlier understanding and impressions of this project, they can return to China to set up a project and form a team to study it.
It's completely possible to leave the two of them aside, but they don't do that at all, and in the past two years, Jin Xiaoqiang's generosity and support for their laboratory can be seen by them.
So they have complete trust in Jin Xiaoqiang's character, and the two immediately fully agreed to Jin Xiaoqiang's proposal, as long as he doesn't cut off the funding for their laboratory, then he can do whatever he wants, after all, Jin Xiaoqiang is now the largest single shareholder of their company.
At this time, Jin Xiaoqiang thought that after returning to China, he would probably have to participate in this experiment, and the purpose of this was nothing more than to be able to produce silicon wafers that were in line with turbocharged solar technology.
Once this kind of silicon wafer is available, and then the latest dicing method developed by Matt and Edwards is used to cut it to produce solar thin-film cells like the one I just saw, then it will mean the arrival of a new energy era for the whole world.
A major breakthrough in solar technology will reduce humanity's dependence on fuel and coal.
However, even if this technology is overcome, Jin Xiaoqiang thinks about it, it is impossible to announce it within 20 years, because if it is announced, he is likely to attract the pursuit of those world energy giants.
And it's not just the giants of the foreign energy industry who will hunt down themselves, I am afraid that even the domestic energy giants will not let themselves go, after all, this technology is related to the jobs of millions of people in the world.
So as for the application of this technology, it seems that I have to deal with it carefully.
Matt and Edwards also became chatty after letting go of their worries, Jin Xiaoqiang and the two of them talked for a while, but just as he was about to end this conversation, suddenly Matt and Edwards slapped their heads, as if they remembered something, and then turned over in their boxes, and after a while, they turned out an iron box, and then handed it to Jin Xiaoqiang and said.
"Misterkin, this is a new product that we have developed with us when we are developing our next generation of solar technology, and we think we can be widely promoted and used in the world right now."
Jin Xiaoqiang also felt very strange when he looked at the very tightly wrapped iron box, but he still took the iron box, he opened it and looked at it, it turned out that there was a palm-sized tile inside.
He stretched out his hand and took out this tile, and immediately saw the mystery inside, it turned out to be a tile made of a very similar substance to the thin-film solar cell he had seen before, but the surface of the tile was covered with some silicon wafers, and these silicon wafers were obviously much larger than what he had seen on the thin-film solar cell before.
"What is this?"
Jin Xiaoqiang asked Matt and Edwards.
"This is a new type of triple solar tile developed by the two of us and one of our students, Sebastian!" …,
Matta said to Jin Xiaoqiang with a hint of pride.
"His structure, you can see, his outer cover is the kind of transparent polycarbonate that we use on thin-film solar cells, and in the middle we add a layer of solar cells, and the other layer is a thin reservoir with a heat carrier......"
Edwards explained to Jin Xiaoqiang about this new three-purpose solar tile, but Jin Xiaoqiang was still a little confused, and Matt and Edwards also saw what Jin Xiaoqiang didn't understand, so they quickly explained to him.
"Misterkin, at present, the main function of solar energy in personal household is solar water heater, but sometimes because of cloudy days, or the influence of thunderstorms, the function of solar water heaters is not too good. Especially in the cold Tropic of Cancer, or above the Tropic of Capricorn, as long as it is winter, the efficacy of solar water heaters is not obvious because of the cold climate. Moreover, the performance of solar energy in the conversion of household electricity has not been very ideal, so in the current world, solar power generation, generally used in solar power plants, for private households, there are still many inconveniences. Although a certain number of solar tiles have been used in Japan before, the tiles they use are not ideal in terms of function and performance, and they also have to face the problem of external pollution and corrosion......"
Edwards explained to Jin Xiaoqiang that Jin Xiaoqiang already had a general understanding of the functions of some of these solar tiles.
It turns out that this kind of solar tile is mainly used by individual households, and it is not the same as the solar panels in those large solar power plants.
In this way, it seems that the practicability of this kind of solar tile is relatively high, after all, the current solar energy in the household, outside of the solar water heater, there seems to be much commendable.
The solar water heater has long been used in the Celestial Empire, but in the cold north, this kind of solar water heater is not very ideal in winter.
Moreover, the solar water heater currently used on the market, because of the installation of its electrical and hydraulic components, leads to the whole set of equipment is large and inconvenient to install.
In addition, it seems that solar energy does not contribute much to the use of other household electricity except for heating hot water.
"The main effect of our solar tile is that compared with the home solar equipment, he does not have too many electrical equipment, and hydraulic components, he can convert 12 to 20 percent of the solar energy into electricity during the day, and he can use the thermal radiation effect instead of photovoltaic panels to heat the cold water in the water pipes of the family house and turn it hot. Moreover, the excess electrical energy can also be stored in the battery, or directly transmitted to the power grid for direct use. If a proper electric energy storage and conversion device is set up at home, then the electricity converted by this solar energy can be directly used in the electrical energy required by the family, such as electric stoves, heating in winter, or air conditioning electricity in summer......"
Matt's explanation finally made Jin Xiaoqiang understand the efficacy of this kind of solar tile, this thing is quite bullish when it sounds like this!
You must know that from the end of this year, the real estate industry of the Celestial Empire will develop in full swing until a few years later, the state has to control it.
But just a few years of development have made the real estate industry of the Celestial Empire develop into an industry that can affect the international reputation of the entire country. …,
At that time, the demand for a large number of building materials will bring unlimited business opportunities.
And because it is in the construction of some high-end residences, such as villas, or large-scale high-end mansions, these are very gimmicks to attract consumers.
If this kind of solar tile can be installed on these buildings at that time, on the one hand, it can widely publicize what energy conservation and emission reduction, green environmental protection, and on the other hand, it can also create an energy-saving and livable environment.
After all, most of the current power plants in the Celestial Empire rely on thermal power, and if there is the use of this kind of solar tile, it will also greatly reduce the pressure on major power plants!
However, this is just an assumption, and the people of the earth know that the black-hearted developers of the Celestial Empire, this kind of solar tile has such a high technological content, and the cost is definitely not cheap.
Those developers, one by one, are sharpening their heads and pondering how to save or control the cost of building a restaurant, not to mention what solar tiles to use for you, or not to save materials on the cement and steel bars for building buildings, you have to thank God.
Isn't it a dream that you're expecting them to give you such a device?
Therefore, the prospect of this kind of solar tiles in the Celestial Empire market, it is really hard to say, unless it can get strong support from national policies, otherwise, the living space of this kind of solar tiles should not be large, and there are some government projects that do not hesitate to work, or it is really to attract rich people's mansions, small and medium-sized developers should not adopt them on a large scale.
However, the overseas market of this kind of solar tile is very broad, you must know that in the economically developed Western Europe, Northern Europe, North America, the Middle East, East Asia, South Korea, Japan, and Oceania.
People's energy-saving and emission reduction actions are not just shouting slogans like in China, and this kind of solar tiles should be very marketable in these areas.
Especially in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway in Northern Europe, it is very cost-effective to start new energy projects for energy conservation and emission reduction.
And there will certainly be a market for this kind of solar tile in North America, let alone Oceania, and in East Asia, there is no doubt that this kind of solar tile will be very popular in Japan.
So after such an estimate, the prospect of this kind of solar tile is still very good, you can do it first, the most important thing is not to make a profit in the early stage, but to expand the channel, and make a name for yourself in this field!. )